Mississippi Dems Take Demon Chipmunk To High Court

The Mississippi state constitution mandates that all bills should be read to the legislature in full if a member demands, so the Republican House speaker uses a text to speech device to play legislation when members ask for a reading. Lately he’s taken to speeding the sound up in order to move things along. Some Democrats object to what they describe as a noise like “a demon chipmunk,” and have asked the State Supreme Court to intervene. Bill reading is a common filibuster tactic, and House Democrats forced readings in March because they thought their ideas were being ignored by the Republican majority.